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I am not the most experienced diver (40 dives) but it suprised me that the hard corals where not in bad shape. Disappointing on the other side was the lack of pelagics and larger fish. The corals functioned as nurseries for alot of small fish but once matured they where fished right away. A pitty that jamaica is severaly overfished! By far the sangster airport wall is the best diving in montego bay.Date posted: 05-Oct-2006 17:19

My Best dive ever is so far the Yapak 2! A difficult dive sometimes with alot of dive but very spectacular. You make a negative entry and swim towards the wall which suddenly opened up and schools of fish were swarming around you. An abundance of red tooth triggerfish, Tuna, Longnosed emperor, sweetlips, bannerfish and batfish. The area was also patrolled by several titan triggerfish. We were also suprised by seeing a turtle resting on the reef. The other sites on boracay are ok. Crocodile Island had the best corals and saw many different interesting macro life. Nuddibranches, Frogfish, ribbon eel, scorpion fish. New wave divers gets my highest recommendation. Owner Mike dived with us every time and showed us tons of interesting stuff. We also rented his camera and some pictures can be seen in my gallery (taken at Crocodile Island). Besides the diving I really dislike the place. Way to commercial for my taste. Tried their golf course though which is of international standard.Date posted: 05-Oct-2006 20:02

We where very (un)lucky to arrieve just after the typhoon hit puerto galera head on. The water had a poor visibility and it only cleared at the last day. But alot of macro life to observe (Nuddibranches)! Did not spot any pigmy seahorses though. Frog Fish, Stone fish, Lion fish, Mouray Eels in abundance. Giant Triggers also present. Larger animals: mouth macrel, yellow tuna, great trevally, 1 turtle, 1 blue spotted ray, 3 white tips. Stayed at Coco beach resort and dived with Coco divers. Very qualified diving instructors. Relaxed atmosphere. Definitly a good resort choice. My first trip to the phillipinnes but not the last!!Date posted: 05-Oct-2006 18:01

Beautifull reef. Alot of turtles and rays. Quite cuttlefish and nuddibranches. Dived with Cairns Dive Center. Good instructurs and a good liveaboard (MV Kangaroo) but I was very disappointed with their selection of reef spots. Milnn Reef was clearly the best along with Briggs fish bowl. The wild side on Thetford reef and East Timor on Moore reef was severely damaged and in a poor shape fishwise. We were on a 5 day liveaboard and the boat circled between the same spots so the variation was limited. This should be improved before I decide to dive with them again.Date posted: 05-Oct-2006 19:25

Generally I did not like Hurghada at all. The people are mostly interested in cheating you and the cap drivers are the worst. They drive perfectly on the way out but on the return tries to make new speed records. I sound like a bitter old man but I have tried much more friendly countries with the same poverty. This is of course a generalization that most of the egyption people dont deserve.
I made two dives on a one day trip: South Abu Ramada and Gota Abo Ramada West. Both disappointed me. Water was clear but lack of fish and pelagics sad. Only remarks in my logbog was a spotted eagle ray and a crocodile fish. I would recommend a liveaboard if going to hurghada.Date posted: 06-Oct-2006 21:56